National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
Trailblazer Award, National Institutes of Health—Stefan Zauscher
Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation—Adrian Bejan
Professional Society Recognition
Van C. Mow Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers—Tony Jun Huang
Early Career Awards
Early Career Award, Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems—Miroslav Pajic
University and School Honors
Graduate Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Duke University)—Jennifer West
Distinguished Alumni Award (University of Illinois Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering)—Ken Gall
Media Recognition
Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers, Clarivate Analytics—David Mitzi and Benjamin Wiley
2017-2018
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
Member, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias (Mexico)—Adrian Bejan
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, Franklin Institute (United States of America)—Adrian Bejan
Professional Society Recognition
Fellow, Materials Research Society—David Mitzi
Ralph Coats Roe Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers—Adrian Bejan
Aerodynamics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics—Kenneth C. Hall
Dedicated Service Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers—Kenneth C. Hall
Bingham Medalist, Society of Rheology—Michael Rubinstein
Early Career Awards
IEEE-CS Technical Consortium on High Performance Computing Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in High Performance Computing—Amanda Randles
Grace Murray Hopper Award, Association for Computing Machinery—Amanda Randles
Kalvi Fellow, National Academy of Sciences and the Kalvi Foundation—Guglielmo Scovazzi
University and School Honors
Member, Bass Society of Fellows (Duke University)—Wilkins Aquino and Michail Zavlanos
Distinguished and Plenary Lectures
Plenary speaker, Global Power and Propulsion Society-Shanghai Conference—Robert Kielb
2016-2017
National Academy of Engineering Membership
Jennifer West
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
Member, National Academy of Inventors – Jennifer West
Early Career Awards
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers – Guglielmo Scovazzi
Analytic Chemistry 2017 Young Innovator Award – Tony Jun Huang
Bessel Prize, Humboldt Foundation – Stefano Curtarolo
University and School Honors
2017 Alumnus of the Year Award, (Politecnico di Torino) – Guglielmo Scovazzi
Distinguished and Plenary Lectures
Distinguished Lecturer, Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series – John Dolbow
Keynote Lecturer, Global Power & Propulsion Forum, Zurich, Switzerland – Bob Kielb
Distinguished International Visitor Event, Durham University, United Kingdom – Adrian Bejan
2015-2016
National Academy of Engineering Membership
Elected in 2016 – Jennifer West
National Research and Professional Leadership Awards
2016 Nevada Medal, Desert Research Institute – Missy Cummings
Bessel Research Award, Humboldt Foundation – Stefano Curtarolo
Chevalier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite; Directeur des relations entreprises, National Institute of Applied Sciences (France) – Sylvie Lorente
Professional Society Recognition
2016 Reed Aeronautics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Earl Dowell
Finalist, 2015 Gordon Bell Prize – Amanda Randles
Editor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery – Kenneth Hall
Special Session in his honor, International Congress of CERMODEL – Tomasz Hueckel
American Physical Society Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Journals 2016 – Volker Blum
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Missy Cummings
"20 Engineering Management Professors You Should Know," Online Engineering Programs – Hadley Cox, Jeff Glass, and Brad Fox
Editor's Choice, Journal of Applied Physics – Adrian Bejan
2014-2015
Research and Professional Leadership Awards
Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society of Biomaterials – Jennifer West
Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson-Reuters – Jennifer West
Early Career Awards
Young Investigator Award, Creative and Novel Ideas for HIV Research – Benjamin Yellen
Professional Society Recognition
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors – Ashutosh Chilkoti
Fellow, IACM – John Dolbow
Elected Secretary, USACM – John Dolbow
Member, Advisory Board of DOE ASCAC – John Bolbow
Member Spotlight, AIAA Carolinas – Earl Dowell
Chair, AIMBE College of Fellows – Jennifer West
75th Anniversary Gold Medal, ASME Heat Transfer Division – Adrian Bejan
Boeing/ASME Best Paper Award, AIAA SciTech Conference – Earl Dowell
University and School Honors
Thomas Langford Lectureship Award (Duke University) – Missy Cummings
Stansell Family Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Jeffrey Glass
Distinguished Lectureships and Speakerships
Memorial Lecturer, Northwestern University – Jennifer West
Technology and Research Leadership
Member, Editorial Board of Computational Mechanics – John Dolbow
2013-2014
Early Career
New Investigator Award by the NC Space Grant – Nico Hotz
ONR 2014 Young Investigator Award – Michael Zavlanos
NSF Early CAREER Development Award, ONR 2014 Young Investigator Award, and Invited Lecturer, Gordon Research Conference on the Science of Abrasion – Xuanhe Zhao
Society Member/Fellow Recognition
Member, Academia Europaea, 75th Anniversary Gold Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, Honorary Doctorate from INSA de Lyon – Adrian Bejan
University and School
Stansell Distinguished Research Award (Pratt School) – Stefano Curtarolo
Duke Order of Omega President’s Award and Duke Interfraternity Council Faculty Recognition Award – Michael Gustafson
Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award (Pratt School) – Rebecca Simmons
2013 Chandran Lecture in Neuro-Oncology (Pratt School) – Jennifer West
National/International
Awarded the 2015 Nevada Medal (awarded by the state of Nevada for a preeminent scientist/engineer) – Missy Cummings
Graduate of ELATE Leadership Program – Linda Franzoni
Doak Award: International award for the most-cited paper in the past three years for the Journal of Sound Vibration – Brian Mann
Selected as one of the Top 20 Science & Technology Professors in North Carolina – Neal Simmons
2012-2013
Faculty Early Career Awards
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities: Nico Hotz
NSF Early CAREER Award; Early Career Researcher’s Award, AVES Biomaterial Interfaces Division: Xuanhe Zhao
Research and Professional Leadership Awards
Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, Biomedical Engineering Society: Ashutosh Chilkoti
IGTI J.P. Davis Award, ASME: Robert Kielb and Lawrie Virgin
Professional Society Recognition
Associate Fellow, World Academy of Arts & Sciences; Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers: Adrian Bejan
Fellow, Controlled Release Society College of Fellows: Ashutosh Chilkoti
Full Member, Acoustical Society of America: Linda Franzoni
Fellow, ASME: Robert Kielb
Fellow, American Society for Mechanical Engineers: Brian Mann
